On Loss

For so many, the loss of a pet is our first introduction to death. It’s one more way pets teach us about empathy.

Hi friends,

In August of 2022 our golden retriever died suddenly and unexpectedly. I was in the middle of finishing the book proposal including a sample chapter on Pets for Parenting in a Climate Crisis, when Caya died. I went back to some of the people I interviewed for that chapter to ask about the death of a pet, what it teaches us, but also how they …